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The right to strike for their future
Good editorial in the DomPost today supporting the students' strike for their future environment. I can't say the same for David Farrar opining yesterday on National radio they should strike at the weekend! For another lesson in patronising, watch Senator Feinstein meet young ones in…
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Open mike 08/03/2019
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Bad: The Michael Jackson Hysteria
Radio networks in NZ, Australia and elsewhere have decided to terminate with extreme prejudice the music of Michael Jackson, following the release of a new documentary alleging the King of Pop committed extreme sexual crimes. Like a disgraced Politburo official in a retouched photograph, Jackson…
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Daily review 07/03/2019
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The tax debate – Dogwhistle time
National is a party with a plethora of hired "talent" researching and planning and scheming to return National to its natural position, that is ruler of us all. It does not matter that they are hopelessly inept at the leadership stuff, that they are incapable…
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Open mike 07/03/2019
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Daily review 06/03/2019
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Jihadi Justice
Mark Taylor, an ISIS recruit once known as the 'bumbling Jihadi' wants to come home to NZ. Or, at least get the hell out of the Syrian jail cell he's currently occupying. The Kiwi, a former soldier here in NZ, served ISIS as a guard.…
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Young people and climate change
I was a university student back in the 1980s. Back then it was a dark time, the United States and the Soviets were ignoring the plight of the rest of the world and pouring massive resources into Nuclear Arsenals. Clearly each side thought that with…
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Open mike 06/03/2019
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Thanks a million Ruth
Ruth Dyson, in my opinion up in the top rank of great Labour women, has announced she will leave Parliament at the end of this term. Typically in advance and typically without fanfare. Her contribution to Labour and to the less fortunate in our country…
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Daily review 05/03/2019
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National’s Tax review strategy
It appears that every few days a new capital gains tax horror story is going to emerge from within National's research unit. A few days ago it was the effect on Kiwisaver accounts. The latest concerns farming. From Benedict Collins at Television New Zealand: "A…
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Sage gets the money
I’d like to give a shoutout to Minister Eugenie Sage for securing some solid funding increases for her Conservation portfolio. The first is in baseline funding from this years’ 2019 Budget, of $76 million. It’s got a particular focus on saving animals. This funding was…
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Open mike 05/03/2019
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Daily review 04/03/2019
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Venezuela, China and Russia
Now that we are in a proper new age of robber barons in which most states are collectively so weak that they no longer offer effective resistance against large corporations, it’s somewhat easier to refresh how we view states: they are diplomatic fronts for corporations.…
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The Green’s electoral law reform petition
The Greens want to reform electoral law. One of their goals is to stop donations from foreign sources happening. Sounds sensible. Other jurisdictions have similar prohibitions. It is hard to work out what the implications are. There is a requirement to report party donations from…
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Open mike 04/03/2019
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MAFS National Style*
You know love (or lust) at first sight? Forget about that (for) now; if you’re well matched then get married instantly and eternal bliss awaits you until death does you part. Of course, National would never contemplate MAFS; they would insist on a 90-day trial…
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Kim Hill eviscerates Chris Christie on National radio
This recent interview is a thing of beauty. It involves Kim Hill interviewing former New Jersey Republican Governor and wanna be US President Chris Christie. I was surprised when the interview was announced. I wondered why someone so high in American politics would want to…
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National’s Maggie Barry problem
This rather strange story has bubbled to the surface again. And one aspect of it, the use of Parliamentary Services resource for political purposes is very strange given the abundance of National's resources. Why use a staffer to perform political work when there is plenty…
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Open mike 03/03/2019
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How To Get There 3/3/19
This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…
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Lies damn lies and tax analysis
The Government is taking time to consider its response to the Tax Working Group's proposed capital gains tax. As it should. These decisions are not easy ones and potentially government ending ones. But the hiatus in providing a response had let the opposition say all…
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CGT as a Charitable Donation
The Government has dropped the ball [hat tip to Ad] with the report from the Tax Working Group and left a narrative void till April, or May, or till they do something substantial and relevant (…). This void is filled up with attack tweets from…
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The Gun Club 2
Three years ago, I wrote that it was time we had an enquiry into gun culture in NZ. This followed a raid on a cannabis plantation that went badly wrong, with four cops being shot. The Labour party Police spokesperson back then was Stuart Nash.…
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Open mike 02/03/2019
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Simon Bridges’ twitter game
It is not too flash. Liking and retweeting your own tweets is not good form. David Cormack has tweeted this: https://twitter.com/David_Cormack/status/1101281730671984640 And this: https://twitter.com/David_Cormack/status/1101281867808956416 The day of Whaleoil Crosby Textor designed killer social media is but a faint memory ...
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